diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 988ed4fdf..3edaa98e8 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -19613,7 +19613,10 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
     std::string & dest, bool add_ass) {
     // Taken from the research: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/5527
     std::stringstream ss;
-    if (tmpl == "chatml" || tmpl.find("<|im_start|>") != std::string::npos) {
+    auto tmpl_contains = [&tmpl](std::string haystack) -> bool {
+        return tmpl.find(haystack) != std::string::npos;
+    };
+    if (tmpl == "chatml" || tmpl_contains("<|im_start|>")) {
         // chatml template
         for (auto message : chat) {
             ss << "<|im_start|>" << message->role << "\n" << message->content << "<|im_end|>\n";
@@ -19621,16 +19624,16 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|im_start|>assistant\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "llama2" || tmpl == "mistral" || tmpl.find("[INST]") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "llama2" || tmpl == "mistral" || tmpl_contains("[INST]")) {
         // llama2 template and its variants
         // [variant] support system message
-        bool support_system_message = tmpl.find("<<SYS>>") != std::string::npos || tmpl == "mistral";
+        bool support_system_message = tmpl_contains("<<SYS>>") || tmpl == "mistral";
         // [variant] space before + after response
-        bool space_around_response = tmpl.find("' ' + eos_token") != std::string::npos;
+        bool space_around_response = tmpl_contains("' ' + eos_token");
         // [variant] add BOS inside history
-        bool add_bos_inside_history = tmpl.find("bos_token + '[INST]") != std::string::npos;
+        bool add_bos_inside_history = tmpl_contains("bos_token + '[INST]");
         // [variant] trim spaces from the input message
-        bool strip_message = tmpl.find("content.strip()") != std::string::npos;
+        bool strip_message = tmpl_contains("content.strip()");
         // construct the prompt
         bool is_inside_turn = true; // skip BOS at the beginning
         ss << "[INST] ";
@@ -19656,7 +19659,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
             }
         }
         // llama2 templates seem to not care about "add_generation_prompt"
-    } else if (tmpl == "phi3" || (tmpl.find("<|assistant|>") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("<|end|>") != std::string::npos)) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "phi3" || (tmpl_contains("<|assistant|>") && tmpl_contains("<|end|>"))) {
         // Phi 3
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
@@ -19665,7 +19668,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|assistant|>\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "zephyr" || tmpl.find("<|user|>") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "zephyr" || tmpl_contains("<|user|>")) {
         // zephyr template
         for (auto message : chat) {
             ss << "<|" << message->role << "|>" << "\n" << message->content << "<|endoftext|>\n";
@@ -19673,7 +19676,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|assistant|>\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "monarch" || tmpl.find("bos_token + message['role']") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "monarch" || tmpl_contains("bos_token + message['role']")) {
         // mlabonne/AlphaMonarch-7B template (the <s> is included inside history)
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string bos = (message == chat.front()) ? "" : "<s>"; // skip BOS for first message
@@ -19682,7 +19685,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<s>assistant\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "gemma" || tmpl == "gemma2" || tmpl.find("<start_of_turn>") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "gemma" || tmpl == "gemma2" || tmpl_contains("<start_of_turn>")) {
         // google/gemma-7b-it
         std::string system_prompt = "";
         for (auto message : chat) {
@@ -19704,7 +19707,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<start_of_turn>model\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "orion" || tmpl.find("'\\n\\nAssistant: ' + eos_token") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "orion" || tmpl_contains("'\\n\\nAssistant: ' + eos_token")) {
         // OrionStarAI/Orion-14B-Chat
         std::string system_prompt = "";
         for (auto message : chat) {
@@ -19724,7 +19727,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
                 ss << message->content << "</s>";
             }
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "openchat" || tmpl.find("GPT4 Correct ") != std::string::npos) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "openchat" || tmpl_contains("GPT4 Correct ")) {
         // openchat/openchat-3.5-0106,
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
@@ -19738,13 +19741,13 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "GPT4 Correct Assistant:";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "vicuna" || tmpl == "vicuna-orca" || (tmpl.find("USER: ") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("ASSISTANT: ") != std::string::npos)) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "vicuna" || tmpl == "vicuna-orca" || (tmpl_contains("USER: ") && tmpl_contains("ASSISTANT: "))) {
         // eachadea/vicuna-13b-1.1 (and Orca variant)
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
             if (role == "system") {
                 // Orca-Vicuna variant uses a system prefix
-                if (tmpl == "vicuna-orca" || tmpl.find("SYSTEM: ") != std::string::npos) {
+                if (tmpl == "vicuna-orca" || tmpl_contains("SYSTEM: ")) {
                     ss << "SYSTEM: " << message->content << "\n";
                 } else {
                     ss << message->content << "\n\n";
@@ -19758,7 +19761,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "ASSISTANT:";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "deepseek" || (tmpl.find("### Instruction:") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("<|EOT|>") != std::string::npos)) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "deepseek" || (tmpl_contains("### Instruction:") && tmpl_contains("<|EOT|>"))) {
         // deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
@@ -19773,7 +19776,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "### Response:\n";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "command-r" || (tmpl.find("<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("<|USER_TOKEN|>") != std::string::npos)) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "command-r" || (tmpl_contains("<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|>") && tmpl_contains("<|USER_TOKEN|>"))) {
         // CohereForAI/c4ai-command-r-plus
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
@@ -19788,7 +19791,7 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>";
         }
-    } else if (tmpl == "llama3" || (tmpl.find("<|start_header_id|>") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("<|end_header_id|>") != std::string::npos)) {
+    } else if (tmpl == "llama3" || (tmpl_contains("<|start_header_id|>") && tmpl_contains("<|end_header_id|>"))) {
         // Llama 3
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
@@ -19797,6 +19800,33 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n";
         }
+    } else if (tmpl == "minicpm" || tmpl_contains(u8"<用户>")) {
+        // MiniCPM-3B-OpenHermes-2.5-v2-GGUF
+        for (auto message : chat) {
+            std::string role(message->role);
+            if (role == "user") {
+                ss << u8"<用户>";
+                ss << trim(message->content);
+                ss << "<AI>";
+            } else {
+                ss << trim(message->content);
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (tmpl == "deepseek2" || tmpl_contains("'Assistant: ' + message['content'] + eos_token")) {
+        // DeepSeek-V2
+        for (auto message : chat) {
+            std::string role(message->role);
+            if (role == "system") {
+                ss << message->content << "\n\n";
+            } else if (role == "user") {
+                ss << "User: " << message->content << "\n\n";
+            } else if (role == "assistant") {
+                ss << "Assistant: " << message->content << u8"<｜end▁of▁sentence｜>";
+            }
+        }
+        if (add_ass) {
+            ss << "Assistant:";
+        }
     } else {
         // template not supported
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
index d19ba8633..b154038b2 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ int main(void) {
         //Phi-3-medium
         "{% for message in messages %}{% if (message['role'] == 'user') %}{{'<|user|>' + '\n' + message['content'] + '<|end|>' + '\n' + '<|assistant|>' + '\n'}}{% elif (message['role'] == 'assistant') %}{{message['content'] + '<|end|>' + '\n'}}{% endif %}{% endfor %}",
         //Phi-3-vision
-        "{% for message in messages %}{{'<|' + message['role'] + '|>' + '\n' + message['content'] + '<|end|>\n' }}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt and messages[-1]['role'] != 'assistant' %}{{- '<|assistant|>\n' -}}{% endif %}"
+        "{% for message in messages %}{{'<|' + message['role'] + '|>' + '\n' + message['content'] + '<|end|>\n' }}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt and messages[-1]['role'] != 'assistant' %}{{- '<|assistant|>\n' -}}{% endif %}",
+        // MiniCPM-3B-OpenHermes-2.5-v2-GGUF
+        u8"{% for message in messages %}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}{{'<用户>' + message['content'].strip() + '<AI>'}}{% else %}{{message['content'].strip()}}{% endif %}{% endfor %}",
+        // DeepSeek-V2
+        "{% if not add_generation_prompt is defined %}{% set add_generation_prompt = false %}{% endif %}{{ bos_token }}{% for message in messages %}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}{{ 'User: ' + message['content'] + '\n\n' }}{% elif message['role'] == 'assistant' %}{{ 'Assistant: ' + message['content'] + eos_token }}{% elif message['role'] == 'system' %}{{ message['content'] + '\n\n' }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{ 'Assistant:' }}{% endif %}",
     };
     std::vector<std::string> expected_output = {
         // teknium/OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ int main(void) {
         "<|system|>\nYou are a helpful assistant<|end|>\n<|user|>\nHello<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\nHi there<|end|>\n<|user|>\nWho are you<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\n   I am an assistant   <|end|>\n<|user|>\nAnother question<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\n",
         //Phi-3-vision
         "<|system|>\nYou are a helpful assistant<|end|>\n<|user|>\nHello<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\nHi there<|end|>\n<|user|>\nWho are you<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\n   I am an assistant   <|end|>\n<|user|>\nAnother question<|end|>\n<|assistant|>\n",
+        // MiniCPM-3B-OpenHermes-2.5-v2-GGUF
+        u8"You are a helpful assistant<用户>Hello<AI>Hi there<用户>Who are you<AI>I am an assistant<用户>Another question<AI>",
+        // DeepSeek-V2
+        u8"You are a helpful assistant\n\nUser: Hello\n\nAssistant: Hi there<｜end▁of▁sentence｜>User: Who are you\n\nAssistant:    I am an assistant   <｜end▁of▁sentence｜>User: Another question\n\nAssistant:",
     };
     std::vector<char> formatted_chat(1024);
     int32_t res;